FOS/Vic's Outdoor Show is...

AWESOME! A ton of tackle vendors this year. Rodmaker's Shop, Snug Harbor Tackle, Mogadore Bait & Tackle all withing spitting distance of the Summit Sportsmans booth. Heck, I spent a hundred bucks before 2pm and teh show started at 5pm!!! Some great deals. There are 8 or 9 tackle vendors alone, if not more.

Shake, I saw 2 of the trigger spin reels for float n fly. What kind of price should I push for?

Yeah, I remember. I'll be there all day, pertty much, myself at teh SSA booth. We have a great deal on hand made pinmin style jigs, 3 for a buck. They work too and the hot Presque color is still there...

As far as boat dealers, Vic's had four boats there, and I think Buckeye Sports had two or three. Certainly not the place to go to view a large selection of boats, but the show, although very small, was worth the $3 admission.

Mogadore B&T had a large selection of tackle at very reasonable prices. I got a bagful of Rapalas (the very ones I use on Mosquito) for $3.50 each, the same ones that all other local shops sell for $5.79.

I just got back from a long weekend at the show. I had to work all three days all day. Man am I worn out. It was a great show and met lots of people. Oh yeah who was the guy there today at the summit sportsmans club booth with a OGF hat? Thought about stopping by and say hey, but was to buisy.

glad i got to see a few guys and missed a few of you i think we may have 8-10 strong leads on charters it was a good show........if you missed me i was at the fishing ful charters booth the one with the cooler mount with the eyes in it check out www.lakeeriefishing911.com for more info............ sorry i got fishing on the brain .............jim

The guy in the Summit Sportsmans booth with the TEAM OGF hat was cfish102. Seemed Sunday, we'd have no one there at the booth, then ten people would show up! It was crankin pretty good.

Nice to see a bunch of OGFers there. I spent waaaaay too much money on things I didn't really need, but I just couldn't let it go by! One of the better deals I found were Berkley Cherrywood rods, from Mogadore Bait & Tackle, 17 bucks. Great panfish rods....

I did manage to even break something there, it was my glasses. They fell apart Sunday afternoon for no apparent reason. Oh well.

Now, I have to get my open water stuff organized so after our trip to Presque this coming weekend, I can just slide the boat on into the open water in a couple weeks.

Carl,
That was the absolute worst excuse for a Sportman's Show I have ever seen. Go ahead and pull my reply if you like, as it is expected. My brother and I drove a half hour to see 2 boat dealers and about a quarter of the stuff we can see at any other show???? We were there last Saturday around noon, and you could have rolled a bowling ball through the middle and not hit a soul. Perhaps another venue? Maybe a few more exhibitors? I seem to remember attending a show at the same place a few years back, and there were quite a few more vendors. Did that show move?

I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but as far as tackle vendors - there were more with better deals than at the big Cleveland show. It's not the biggest show around, but I thought my $3 admission was well spent. Better than sitting at home wishing for better local ice to fish on.

This was only the second time the show was put on. And they had about 3000 people that walked through the doors. You were probably there at a slow time, because Saturday morning it was jam packed. I was at a booth and Saturday was our best day. So I think the show was just fine.

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